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Genesis 11:8-10
Common English Bible
Genesis 11:8-10
Common English Bible
8 Then the Lord dispersed them from there over all of the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 Therefore, it is named Babel, because there the Lord mixed up[a] the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord dispersed them over all the earth.
Shem’s descendants
10 These are Shem’s descendants.
When Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood.
Footnotes
- Genesis 11:9 Heb balal, wordplay on Babel
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